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M P McCausland

Publications and source records attributed to M P McCausland.

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PubMed1987

Deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill: oversimplification of complex issues.

Deinstitutionalization is the predominant public mental health policy in most states. An analysis of this policy in one state from a political-economic perspective gives support to the hypothesis that deinstitutionalization results in a two-class system of mental health care based upon the client's ability to pay. Inequalities exist in opportunities for care that are appropriate for the pathology suffered by the chronically mentally ill, and patients' basic needs are often unmet. Corporate actors involved in developing mental health policy overpower clients as well as nurses in the distributive process. The impact of this policy on quality of care and nursing is significant.

Deinstitutionalization↗
PubMed1984

Response patterns in children and adolescents exploited through sex rings and pornography.

A study of 66 children and adolescents exploited by adults through sex rings and pornography shows that three-fourths of the victims demonstrated patterns of negative psychological and social adjustment after the rings were exposed. More than 61% of the victims had been ring members for more than a year and slightly more than half of the victims had been used in pornographic photographs. Victims who integrated the exploitation were those who had spent the least amount of time in the ring and who were least likely to have been involved in pornography. Boys were the sexual preference of the adult male ringleaders.

Adaptation, Psychological↗